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Kōrero: Primary and secondary education

Teachers' graduation, 1967

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Teachers' graduation, 1967

Thirty young men and women received their teaching diplomas at a graduation ceremony in Nelson at the end of 1967, and posed for a photograph along with senior education figures (the men in the front row). Women graduates outnumbered men almost two to one – a trend that became more obvious from the 1960s.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Nelson Provincial Museum, Nelson Photo News Collection

Reference: 1114 fr20

by Barry Simpson

Permission must be sought from Nelson Provincial Museum before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Primary and secondary education – Teachers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/36663/teachers-graduation-1967 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 29 May 2012.